Should Hamilton County Raise Property Transfer Fee To Pay For 911?

Hamilton County Commission President Todd Portune says there appears to be some support for increasing the property transfer fee to help pay for 911 services.

The proposed 2018 general fund budget includes a one mil increase, roughly an extra $100 per $100,000 of property value on a home sale. The tax is at three mils or $300 per $100,000 of property value.

The increase would generate about $3.7 million for maintenance and improvements to 911 services at the county Communications Center.

Portune says he's met with local police chiefs who are open to an increase of some kind "so long as there is a real plan on how to identify how the costs of dispatch and the needs of the Communications Center are going to be met long-term."

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